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Challenging the Paradoxes of Integration Policies

Latin Americans in the European City

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Authors:
  1. Fabiola Pardo

    1. Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Conflict and Social Dynamics Research Area, Externado University of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia

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  • Traces Latin American migration to Europe since the 1970s
  • Offers a close look at the urban dynamics in Amsterdam, London and Madrid through the eyes of Latin American immigrants
  • Features in-depth analysis of rich qualitative data from diverse sources including academic and legislative material and political discourse

Part of the book series: Migration, Minorities and Modernity (MMMO, volume 2)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  3. Defining Political Spaces for Integration: Amsterdam, London and Madrid

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35
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    2. Amsterdam’s Political Pillars of Diversity

      • Fabiola Pardo
      Pages 37-45

    3. London, Global City and “Superdiversity”

      • Fabiola Pardo
      Pages 47-54

    4. Madrid’s Intercultural Perspective

      • Fabiola Pardo
      Pages 55-64

    5. The Limits of Citizenship as a Strategy for Integration

      • Fabiola Pardo
      Pages 65-69

  4. An Historic Overview of Latin American Immigration in European Cities Since the 1970’s

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
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    2. Europe in the Context of Latin-American International Migrations

      • Fabiola Pardo
      Pages 73-80

    3. Latin Americans as a New Immigrant Group at the Beginning of the Twenty First Century

      • Fabiola Pardo
      Pages 81-89

    4. Latino Trajectories in the European City: Amsterdam, London and Madrid

      • Fabiola Pardo
      Pages 91-106

  5. Facing the Paradoxes of Integration: Policies, Strategies and Practices

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
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    2. Latin Americans Confronting Integration Policies

      • Fabiola Pardo
      Pages 109-124

    3. Transnationalism and Integration Synergies

      • Fabiola Pardo
      Pages 125-130

    4. The Ambiguities Surrounding “Migratory Status” in Integration Processes

      • Fabiola Pardo
      Pages 131-137

    5. The City as a Refuge: Space, Coexistence and Agency

      • Fabiola Pardo
      Pages 139-146
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About this book

This book traces Latin American migration to Europe since the 1970s. Focusing on Amsterdam, London, and Madrid, it examines the policies of integration in a comparative perspective that takes into account transnational, national, regional and local levels. It examines the entire mechanism that Latin American migrants confront in the European cities they settle, and provides readers with a theoretical framework on integration that addresses the concepts of multiculturalism, interculturality, transculturality and transnationalism. This work is based on rich qualitative data from in-depth interviews, focus groups and participant observation complemented by a substantial documentary and legislative analysis. It reveals that current policies are limited and migrants are excluded in most of the formal venues for integration. In addition, the book shows the many ways that migrants negotiate the constraints and imperatives of integration.  In Western Europe today, immigrants are largely assuming the entire responsibility of their integration. This book provides readers with much needed insight into why European integration policies are not responding to the needs of immigrants nor to society as a whole.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Conflict and Social Dynamics Research Area, Externado University of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia

    Fabiola Pardo

About the author

Dr. Fabiola Pardo, Dutch Colombian, Ph.D. in Social and Political Science from the University of Leiden, the Netherlands and a Master’s degree in Political Science from the University of Montreal, Canada. Her pre-graduate studies are in Law and Philosophy at the Externado University and National University of Colombia, respectively.  Since 2007 she works as a research professor in the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities at the Externado University of Colombia and coordinates LIMITI, a research group on international migration and intercultural trajectories. During her career, Dr. Pardo has worked in Colombia, Canada and the Netherlands in public and academic institutions on themes related to urban and cultural studies, immigration policy and theory, multiculturalism and intercultural relations. Some relevant publications are: “Integration policies and practices: Intercultural urban trajectories of Latin American migrants in Europe” in Migration, Stadt und Urbanität. Perspektiven auf die Heterogenität migrantisher lebenswelten (2017) Springer; Migración laboral en Europa. Crisis, políticas y movilidades en el caso de los latinoamericanos en España (2016) Externado University Press); Inmigración, multiculturalidad and políticas de integración: Colombianos en Ámsterdam, Londres y Madrid (2012); “La inmigración y el devenir de las sociedades multiculturales: perspectivas políticas y teóricas” en Las Migraciones en América Latina: Políticas, Culturas y Estrategias (2008).


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Challenging the Paradoxes of Integration Policies

  • Book Subtitle: Latin Americans in the European City

  • Authors: Fabiola Pardo

  • Series Title: Migration, Minorities and Modernity

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64082-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-64080-8Published: 07 September 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87718-1Published: 18 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-64082-2Published: 29 August 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2522-0713

  • Series E-ISSN: 2522-0721

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 165

  • Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Migration, Political Science, Sociology, general

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